Creative company Canva ended 2025 on a high note with a 20% increase in monthly active users, growth that was partially propelled by adoption of its AI tools. Canva had more than 265 million monthly active users and over 31 million paid users in 2025, according to the company. That user base helped push its annual recurring revenue to $4 …

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs has secured a $200 million investment from software design giant Autodesk. The partnership will see the two companies collaborating to explore how World Labs’ models — AI systems that can generate and reason about immersive 3D environments — can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.  The deal …

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)‘s hopes of a triumphant Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 campaign have been dealt a significant blow. Star pacer Matheesha Pathirana, acquired for a whopping INR 18 crore in the recent auction, has been ruled out of the ongoing T20 World Cup and is now a major doubt for the upcoming IPL season due to injury. …

Rupee gains 03 paisa against US Dollar Source link

Sargodha Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SWCCI) plans training, exhibition to boost women entrepreneurs Source link

31 of 37 points implemented in pact with JKJAAC, PM monitoring AJK development closely: Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs, Gilgit-Baltistan and SAFRON Engineer Amir Muqam Source link

Bank Foreign Currency Exchange Rate in Pakistan 18 February 2026 Source link

The 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has delivered its first major “I was there” moment, and it didn’t come from a traditional powerhouse. Instead, it was Canada’s 19-year-old sensation, Yuvraj Samra, who etched his name into cricket folklore by becoming the youngest centurion in T20 World Cup history. The historic feat, achieved against a world-class New Zealand attack, has …

ISLAMABAD: Transparency International Pakistan(TI-P) presented a comprehensive legislative roadmap for Parliament during a high-level consultative meeting of parliamentarians and national experts aimed at advancing governance and legislative readiness for carbon markets in Pakistan. The consultation underscored that Pakistan’s Policy Guidelines for Trading in Carbon Markets, approved in December 2024, represent an important policy milestone. However, participants noted that international experience …

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The session is being chaired by Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, with members of the central and zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committees. Web Desk February 18, 2026 PESHAWAR: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meeting to sight the crescent moon of Ramadan has commenced in Peshawar. The session is being chaired by Committee Chairman Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad, with members of the central …

Household energy bills are forecast to fall by around £117 from April, as government policy changes outweigh modest increases in wholesale prices. Energy consultancy Cornwall Insight predicts that the Ofgem price cap will drop 7 per cent to £1,641 a year for a typical dual-fuel household when it is reset on 1 April. The forecast reduction is slightly smaller than …

Indian AI company Sarvam plans to bring its newly released AI models to users by deploying them on Nokia feature phones, cars and its own smart glasses. The company, backed by the likes of Lightspeed, PeakXV, and Khosla Ventures, said at the ongoing India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi that it is using edge models that take up only …

Heron Power, founded by former Tesla executive Drew Baglino, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $140 million to build gigawatts worth of solid-state transformers for data centers and the grid. It’s a fast turnaround for the startup, which raised a $38 million Series A in May. Baglino said Heron Power didn’t need the money, but after customers expressed interest …

Mohammed Juma Al Naboodah contributes AED40 million to Edge of Life campaign Source link